The Feasts of Passover, of Weeks, and of Booths

1 “Observe°athe month° of Abib° and Ibcelebrate° the Passover° to the LORD° your God°, for in the month° of Abib° the LORD° your God° brought° you out of Egypt° by night°.
2 You shall sacrifice° the Passover° to the LORD° your God° from the flock° and the herd°, in the place° where°° the LORD° chooses° to establish° His name°.
3aYou shall not eat° leavened° bread° with it; seven° days° you shall eat° with it unleavened° bread°, the bread° of affliction° (for you came° out of the land° of Egypt° in haste°), so° that you may remember°ball° the days° of your life° the day° when you came° out of the land° of Egypt°.
4 For seven° days° no° leaven° shall be seen° with you in all° your territory°, and anone° of the flesh° which° you sacrifice° on the evening° of the first° day° shall remain° overnight° until morning°.
5 You are not allowed° to sacrifice° the Passover° in any° of your Itowns° which° the LORD° your God° is giving° you;
6 but aat the place° where°° the LORD° your God° chooses° to establish° His name°, you shall sacrifice° the Passover° in the evening° at sunset°°, at the time° that you came° out of Egypt°.
7 You shall acook° and eat° [it] in the place° which° the LORD° your God° chooses°. In the morning° you are to return°° to your tents°.
8 Six° days° you shall eat° unleavened° bread°, and aon the seventh° day° there shall be ba solemn° assembly° to the LORD° your God°; you shall do° no° work° [on it].

9 ¶ “aYou shall count° seven° weeks° for yourself; you shall begin° to count° seven° weeks° from the time you begin° to put the sickle° to the standing° grain°.
10 Then you shall Icelebrate° the Feast° of Weeks° to the LORD° your God° with a tribute° of a freewill° offering° of your hand°, which° you shall give° just° as the LORD° your God° blesses° you;
11 and you shall arejoice° before° the LORD° your God°, you and your son° and your daughter° and your male° and female° servants°° and bthe Levite° who° is in your Itown°, and cthe stranger° and the IIorphan° and the widow° who° are in your midst°, in the place° where°° the LORD° your God° chooses° to establish° His name°.
12aYou shall remember° that you were a slave° in Egypt°, and you shall be careful° to observe° these° statutes°.

13 ¶ “aYou shall Icelebrate° the Feast° of Booths° seven° days° after you have gathered° in from your threshing° floor° and your wine° vat°;
14 and you shall arejoice° in your feast°, you and your son° and your daughter° and your male° and female° servants°° and the Levite° and the stranger° and the Iorphan° and the widow° who° are in your IItowns°.
15 Seven° days° you shall celebrate° a feast° to the LORD° your God° in the place° which° the LORD° chooses°, because° the LORD° your God° will bless° you in all° your produce° and in all° the work° of your hands°, so that you will be altogether° joyful°.

16 ¶ “aThree° times° in a year° all° your males° shall appear° before° the LORD° your God° in the place° which° He chooses°, at the Feast° of Unleavened° Bread° and at the Feast° of Weeks° and at the Feast° of Booths°, and bthey shall not appear° before° the LORD° empty-handed°.
17 Every° man°Ishall give° as he is able°, according to the blessing° of the LORD° your God° which° He has given° you.

[16] aEx 23:14-17; 34:23, 24 bEx 34:20[17] ILit according to the gift of his hand

18 ¶ “You shall appoint° for yourself judges° and officers° in all° your Itowns° which° the LORD° your God° is giving° you, according to your tribes°, and they shall judge° the people° with righteous° judgment°.
19aYou shall not distort° justice°; byou shall not Ibe partial°°, and cyou shall not take° a bribe°, for a bribe° blinds° the eyes° of the wise° and perverts° the words° of the righteous°.
20 Justice°, [and only] justice°, you shall pursue°, that ayou may live° and possess° the land° which° the LORD° your God° is giving° you.

21 ¶ “aYou shall not plant° for yourself an IAsherah° of any° kind of tree° beside° the altar° of the LORD° your God°, which° you shall make° for yourself.
22aYou shall not set° up for yourself a [sacred] pillar° which° the LORD° your God° hates°.

Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts.

16 ¶ Threeº timesº in a yearº shall all² thy malesº appearºª² beforeº the LORDº thy Godº in the placeº which² he shall choose;ºª in the feastº of unleavened bread,º and in the feastº of weeks,º and in the feastº of tabernacles:º and they shall not² appearºª² beforeº the LORDº empty:º17 Every manº [shall give] as he is able,ºº according to the blessingº of the LORDº thy Godº which² he hath givenºª thee.